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- Title
- Fabricating atom chips with femtosecond laser ablation
- Author(s)
- Wolff, C. H.; Whitlock, S.; Lowe, R. M.; Sidorov, A. I.; Hall, B. V.
- Abstract
- We report on the microfabrication of atom chips using a femtosecond laser ablation technique to arbitrarily sculpture both thin conductive metal films and permanent magnetic materials. We have measured the threshold fluences for a variety of materials relevant to atom chip development (Au, Ag, Cu, Cr, Ni, TbGdFeCo, SmCo, CoCr). The quality of the ablation process is investigated by extracting the power spectral density of the edge roughness from composite scanning electron microscope images and through the use of a magnetoresistance microscope to measure the associated magnetic field noise. Finally, we present results from a sculptured wire which produces an array of tunable double wells designed for near-surface force sensing with Bose-Einstein condensates.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy
- Source
- Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol. 42, no. 8 (Apr 2009)
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
- Keyword(s)
- Atom chips; Bose-Einstein condensation; Femtosecond laser ablation; Metals; Microfabrication; Optics
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- ISSN
- 0953-4075
- Publisher URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/42/8/085301
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.
- Peer reviewed
